Dwarfism

rendered with dark metal, this sculpture shows Morgante in the heroic nude, expertly riding a dragon as if directly out of a mythological tale.Giambologna, The Dwarf Morgante Riding on a Dragon, 18th Century. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons. r
Morgante: Depictions of a Renaissance Jester Turned Duke
Bartolo—known better as Morgante—was the sharp and quick-witted “buffoon” of Cosimo I’s court (1537 to 1569). In 1555, Cosimo I granted Morgante a ducal privilege in which he is defined as “our most…